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P. 1. MACHLI S. APPARATUS FOR MAKING BOOTS 0R SHOES.

No.. 592,637. Patented Oct. 26, 1897.

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(NoModeL) P. I. MAGHLIS. APPARATUS FOR MAKING BOOTS 0R SHOES. No.592,637.

Patented Oct. 26, 1897.

BY HIS ATTORNEYS wag/[NM m NITED STA-Tus- PATENT FFICE.

PINCHUS IZKOWITOH MACHLIS, OF KREMENTSOHUG, RUSSIA, ASSIGNOR TO HERMANHESSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR MAKINGB OOT S -OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,637, dated October26, 1897. Application filed December 12, 1896. Serial No. 615,475. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it maiy ooncern:

Be it known that I, PINoHus IZKOWITCH MAOHLIS,tradesman, a subject ofthe Emperor of Russia, residing at Liubarskis house, Cherson Street,Krementschug, Empire of Russia,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forMaking Boots or-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises an apparatus or press in which a piece ofleather is so shaped as to form the sole, the shank, the quarter orcounter, and, if desired, also the heel of a boot or shoe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show two different formsof a sole A, with the quarter 13 and the heel portion 0 pressed out ofone piece of leather by the apparatus of the present invention. Figs. 3and 4 show each a complete shoe in which to the sole A and quarter B theupper D is sewed. The heel C may be strengthened by nailing or otherwisesecuring to it a piece 0 of leather or other suitable material; also,the sole may be strengthened by nailing or otherwise 'securing to it apiece of leather or other suitable material of suitable shape.

a shoe with sole and quarter made in one piece in accordance with thepresent invention, but

without a heel. Such shoes may be finished by securing to them anordinary heel. Fig. 6

is a side elevation of the apparatus for press ing the sole and quart-erand also the heel portion, as shown in Fig. 1, out of a single 3 5 pieceof leather. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is asection on the line 8 8, Fig. '7. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section throughthe upper die of the apparatus. The apparatus consists of a press-platem,

0 actuated by a screw f or other suitable mechanism and supported -by asuitable'frame. g.

The upper die 0 c is attached to the under side of the press-plate m,while the bottom plate of the frame carries the counter-die (1 (Z,

which may be adjusted to the proper position by the adjusting-screws a bb.

The size and shape of the bottom or counter die at d, as also of theupper die a 0, correspond to the size and shape of the article to beproduced; but as the quarter has to be larger at Fig. 5 shows .shapedorrearwardly-tapering grooves provided opposite each other at the innerconvex surfaces of the two halves c c of the upper die below the normalline of contact of such halves. By screwing in the screw 6 the twohalves of the upper die are thus forced apart at the bottom, and whiletheir adjacent convex surfaces roll upon each other, so that the bottomportions of the said halves assume a position corresponding to thedesired shape of the article to be produced, the top portions of suchhalves approach each other, sliding along'the bolt, by which they areconnected to the press-plate m, as shown in Fig. 7.

The piece of leather to be worked upon after being cut to shape issoaked for thirty minutes, more or less, in cold water and is thenplaced upon the bottom or counter die 61 d. The upper die is then forceddown until it has fully entered the bottom die. Then the two halves ofthe upper die are forced apart at the bottom by screwing in the screw 6,whereby the piece of leather is caused to assume the desired shape. Thescrew is then screwed out again and the upper die is raised out of thecounter-die, whereupon the pressed piece of leather forming the sole,the quarter, and, if desired, also the heel portion in one piece can betaken out. ,To this piece the upper and the strengthening pieces for thesole and the heel maybe secured in any ordinary manner.

If the piece is provided with a heel portion, as

indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, this heel portion is filled out with a plugof wood or with some other appropriate mass or material, whereupon theboot or shoe may be finished in any desired manner; also, a separateinsole may be secured to the pressed piece of leather.

Boots and shoes in which the sole, the quarter, and, if desired, alsothe heel are formed 10o integrally of a single piece of leather, ashereinbefore described, are very light and solid and may be manufacturedat a low cost.

I claim- In a press for forming the sole, with or without a heel-recess,and the quarter of a boot or shoe out of a single piece of leather, thecombination of a bottom or counter die, an upper die adapted to enterinto the bottom die, means for raising and lowering the upper die, suchupper die being composed of two halves bearing against each other andadapted to roll the one upon the other with convex surfaces, of a nutembraced by such halves, of a screw engaging with such nut and enteringinto wedge-shaped grooves provided opposite each other in the adjacentconvex surfaces of such halves, the top portions of which are adapted toslide along a bolt connecting them with the press-plate and means foractuating the screw operating the said halves of the upper die,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PINCIIUS IZKOWITOH MACIILIS.

\Vitnesses:

ALEXANDRE ROFFOLOVICH, S. M. FARBSTENG.

